AssHull's '67 project

[Zach Gomulka]

Thanks Danny! Means a lot coming from you. Never thought I'd recieve compliments from the guy whos cars I drooled over in the magazines!

I've been busy with the holidays, been out of town. But I'm mostly just slacking. And the days are short and the garage is cold!

On the other hand, AssHull just graduated from ASU with a mechanical engineering degree (top of his class no less!), and has just been commisioned a Lieutenant with the United States Air Force. But the big story is.... ASSHULL IS GETTING MARRIED ON SATURDAY!!

So yeah, it's been a busy month. After the honeymoon he tells me we are going to really get cracking on it again. I once heard that the last 10% of the job takes 90% of the time... I get that now!

[Zach Gomulka]

Finally at the shop I work at

[Diederick/DVK]

looking good zach! i like it. and the one piece windows look good too.
congrats!!

[Neil Davies]

Zach, you're going to need to find someone who does interiors - those seats don't even match! More pics!

[Zach Gomulka]

I'm fighting the urge to post pics until the debut! It's made loads of progress, but still much to do

[thehanz DVK]

don't fight it be a pussy and post them....

[Zach Gomulka]

We need some parts!

Left side door latch mechanism for '67 only
Brake/Clutch pedal stop for early cast pedals (late one doesn't work anymore)
Clip/retainer that holds the brake pedal pushrod on the pedal, once again for early cast pedals.

Thanks!

[Donny B.]

You should be able to make your own stop and the clip.  I made a clip out of some stainless I had.  The stop can be made out of some flat stock.  C'mon Zach you are a creative guy.  Just do it...

[Diederick/DVK]

if it were for a right side door i could help, sorry.

[Zach Gomulka]

You should be able to make your own stop and the clip.  I made a clip out of some stainless I had.  The stop can be made out of some flat stock.  C'mon Zach you are a creative guy.  Just do it...

I could spend an hour making them, or I could find an original and save the time I'm not retired, time is money!

On another note, I regretfully wont be able to make it down this weekend, but AssHull will be at the show Sunday and will have the tach mount for you.

[Eric Justus]

We need some parts!

Left side door latch mechanism for '67 only
Brake/Clutch pedal stop for early cast pedals (late one doesn't work anymore)
Clip/retainer that holds the brake pedal pushrod on the pedal, once again for early cast pedals.

Thanks!

There is a guy on the Samba that re does pedal assemblies and does a great job. He did a set for the 55, they are awesome. I need to look up his card but if you are interested in that, I can get you his contact info.

[fredy66]

looking good man

[Donny B.]

On another note, I regretfully wont be able to make it down this weekend, but AssHull will be at the show Sunday and will have the tach mount for you.

Sorry you can't make it Zach.  I will have the money for him.  Just tell him to go to one of the club booths and have me paged.

[Shubee2 (DSK)]

We need some parts!

Left side door latch mechanism for '67 only
Brake/Clutch pedal stop for early cast pedals (late one doesn't work anymore)
Clip/retainer that holds the brake pedal pushrod on the pedal, once again for early cast pedals.

Thanks!

this is what you need zach   http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=860473

[Zach Gomulka]

We still have the original pans though, just swapped in an earlier cast pedal assembly...

[Shubee2 (DSK)]

We still have the original pans though, just swapped in an earlier cast pedal assembly...

It will work also with Orignal Pans and early Pedals the stops are in a different place on the pedal itself on the early pedals

[nicolas]

so how about some pics 

[Zach Gomulka]

Ahh maybe some teasers soon

AssHull has been knocking out the wiring, looks great and most importantly everything works!
We got a new drivers door latch in and functioning, went to put in the drivers side glass last night but we were hampered by a faulty regulator. Slinger donated a replacement this morning so hopefully that and the glass will be in for good tonight. Also got the side mirror on... not your usual Talbot and made up a pedal stop this morning. Lots of tedious work, really. Just waiting on an order from Wolfsburg West and J-Bugs now

[Zach Gomulka]

Parts lot came in, tail lights on, door seals in, 73+ Super Beetle speedo cable & grommet installed (needed longer cable to suit the new speedo location, worked a treat )and got the pedals sorted but when we bled the brakes we were greeted by leaks. New master cylinder fixed the problem, we just bled them and everything is dry Regulator #2 was less than ideal, so now we've got #3 slated to go in. Speakers arrived, Asshull just wired them into the kick panels and tested for tunes... 4 Non Blondes never sounded so good I dropped the front down a little more, looks much better with almost zero fender gap. 185/60's fit quite nicely on the "new" 6" wheels with 2" narrowed beam. Check it out- disc brake backing plates on drop spindles

[Diederick/DVK]

very cool zach!

speakers in the kick panels? those must be very thin then? did you fabricate them out of triplex or sth for better sound?
are those ball joint with more travel by the way?

looking good, can't wait to see it finished!

[Zach Gomulka]

Yep, in the kick panels. I had some of the ABS plastic ones lying around, so they got put to use. When carpet is finally installed over them, it will look like it came that way from the factory. Using 5.25's up front, and 6.5's in the rear side panels. It's nothing crazy since AssHull (or I for that matter) isn't into big stereos. Just some tunes for cruising Stereo is hidden in the glove box, along with a couple power outlets for cell phone, ipod, whatever.

Ball joints are stock style, thanks for the compliments

[Dave Rosique]

Looks really good Zach! (Now all you need is some 6X9 speakers mounted under the dash )

Makes me want Cookie Cutters!

So... will it be ready for a little road trip? Perhaps Bug-In? Maybe Classic??

[Zach Gomulka]

Yeah some x9's would be the ticket!

Thanks Dave, we'll be driving it to The Classic, but I'm really looking forward to having it at Nick's

[Dave Rosique]

Yeah some x9's would be the ticket!

Thanks Dave, we'll be driving it to The Classic, but I'm really looking forward to having it at Nick's

Yep, DKP's cruise before the Classic at Nick's is my favorite event... we'll see you there
I'm supposed to have my pile running by then... hope so.

[Zach Gomulka]

Tidy

[roland]

Nice!

[j-dub]

Looks like it is moving right along. Good work guys!

[Zach Gomulka]

Nice!

Thanks Roland! Your car is one of the best Cal Lookers ever, and was a real inspiration for this project Gonna send you a pm in a bit, got a question for you

Looks like it is moving right along. Good work guys!

Caravan to Classic??

[j-dub]

Caravan to Classic??

How about caravan to Bug-O-Rama?

[Zach Gomulka]

Caravan to Classic??

How about caravan to Bug-O-Rama?

Ha! I'll have the GTV, but AssHull's car is still a ways out. I'm debating racing it as it will be my only mode of transportation for the next couple months and I don't want to pop the motor!